How this World is Being Prepared for the anti-Christ.
As Christians we know that the destabilization of the world, the lawlessness and the violence are preparing the way for a super human messianic figure known throughout bible history as the anti-Christ. Let the word of God speak for itself, 1 Now, dear brothers and sisters, let us clarify some things about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we will be gathered to meet Him. 2 Don’t be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that the day of the Lord has already begun. Don’t believe them, even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us. 3 Don’t be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed–the one who brings destruction. 4 He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call god and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.5 Don’t you remember that I told you about all this when I was with you? 6 And you know what is holding him back, for he can be revealed only when his time comes. 7 For this lawlessness is already at work secretly, and it will remain secret until the one who is holding it back steps out of the way. 8 Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will kill him with the breath of His mouth and destroy him by the splendor of His coming.9 This man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles. 10 He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them. 11 So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies. 12 Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 | NLT
Here the bible is talking about the revealing of the anti-Christ and how the world will be deceived by him and will be destroyed by the second coming of Jesus. It says he will do miracles, signs with power that is counterfeit. Of course his power will be like an illusion, because he sets out to deceive those who didn't believe the message of Jesus' salvation. It also says that something is preventing him from being revealed and that something we Christians believe is the Holy Spirit. When the restraint of the Holy Spirit is taken, the anti-Christ will be revealed to the world. Don't be mistaken, he has no power to save men's souls, only Jesus has this power. His power comes from the devil and Jesus Christ will overpower and destroy him and all his followers at the coming.
The reason why the world is ripe right now is because there is great instability in the world right now, and there are unbelievers looking for a solution to their problems apart from faith in Jesus Christ. This is the kind of deception that will cause millions to receive the mark of the beast, and seal their eternity in hell. I'm not here to scare you but to wake you up. The bible teaches that God desires that no one should perish, but that doesn't mean he forces us to repent. We must freely give our lives and our souls to Jesus Christ, before and not after God takes that opportunity away from us forever! Either at our deaths, or at the second coming of Jesus Christ. This is Mike.
As Christians we know that the destabilization of the world, the lawlessness and the violence are preparing the way for a super human messianic figure known throughout bible history as the anti-Christ. Let the word of God speak for itself, 1 Now, dear brothers and sisters, let us clarify some things about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we will be gathered to meet Him. 2 Don’t be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that the day of the Lord has already begun. Don’t believe them, even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us. 3 Don’t be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed–the one who brings destruction. 4 He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call god and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.5 Don’t you remember that I told you about all this when I was with you? 6 And you know what is holding him back, for he can be revealed only when his time comes. 7 For this lawlessness is already at work secretly, and it will remain secret until the one who is holding it back steps out of the way. 8 Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will kill him with the breath of His mouth and destroy him by the splendor of His coming.9 This man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles. 10 He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them. 11 So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies. 12 Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 | NLT
Here the bible is talking about the revealing of the anti-Christ and how the world will be deceived by him and will be destroyed by the second coming of Jesus. It says he will do miracles, signs with power that is counterfeit. Of course his power will be like an illusion, because he sets out to deceive those who didn't believe the message of Jesus' salvation. It also says that something is preventing him from being revealed and that something we Christians believe is the Holy Spirit. When the restraint of the Holy Spirit is taken, the anti-Christ will be revealed to the world. Don't be mistaken, he has no power to save men's souls, only Jesus has this power. His power comes from the devil and Jesus Christ will overpower and destroy him and all his followers at the coming.
The reason why the world is ripe right now is because there is great instability in the world right now, and there are unbelievers looking for a solution to their problems apart from faith in Jesus Christ. This is the kind of deception that will cause millions to receive the mark of the beast, and seal their eternity in hell. I'm not here to scare you but to wake you up. The bible teaches that God desires that no one should perish, but that doesn't mean he forces us to repent. We must freely give our lives and our souls to Jesus Christ, before and not after God takes that opportunity away from us forever! Either at our deaths, or at the second coming of Jesus Christ. This is Mike.
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